Sassafras and norway maple also work for friction kits. I've gotten a coal using a hand drill made of goldenrod, though only once. Mullein works for that also. Hand drill fireboards need to be thinner than those used for firebow.
It takes me about 15-20 minutes to make a bearing block from stone under ideal conditions. I use a piece of quartz to drill into a softer stone.
For cordage, try evening primrose, yucca or milkweed for strong cordage. I've used these with success. EP can be twined for quick piute deadfall cordage. I have a double flemish twisted piece of EP that I'm saving to try a firebow with to see how it holds up.
Though it's said to be good, I've never used dogbane.
There are many "tinder" fungi - Fomes fomentarius (
http://www.forestryimages.org/browse/detail.cfm?imgnum=5029052) is horseshoe fungus and inonotus obliquus (
http://americanmushrooms.com/taxa/Inonotus_obliquus_01.htm) AKA chaga are two local ones. There are others that are called false tinder fungi. In truth, the names get mixed up all of the time.
Some fungi need to be processed into what's called "amadou" (shredded, pounded and boiled in ash or urine to improve their ability to catch a spark.) Chaga is fine as is and is also a medicinal. I believe Oetzi, the Ice man, carried Fomes.
What about glue? Pine pitch, gathered in lumps and boiled in water until it loses it's pine smell works for gluing points into arrow shafts. Spin it onto sticks and let it dry. It can be brittle alone, so you can add charcoal, fat/tallow or even deer droppings. Tim Lively used that last one as glue in his primitive knives.